Appliance for humidifying warps.



l. TAYLOR.

APPLIANCE FOR HUIVIIDIFYING WARPS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18.1914 l Patented May 28,1918.

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APPLIANCE FOR HUMIDIFYING WARPS.

APPucATmN ELED Jun/18.1914.

Patented May 28,1918.

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JAMES TAYLOR, I-IORWICH JUNCTION, NEAR BOLTON,V ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 iMATHER @L PLATE. LIMITED, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

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Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2%, 191W.

Application filed July 18, 1914. Serial No. 851,700.

Tof all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMES TAYLOR, a subject of the'King of Great Britainand lireland, and a resident of Horwich Junction, near Bolton, in thecounty of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and usefulAppliances for Humidifying Warps, of which the following vis aspeciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in appliances for impartingmoisture to warps in looms or to other yarns or equivalents or torovingsslivers or the like in process of formation or 'utilization inany textile machinery;v The improvements are particularly applicable tothe treatment with water of warps in looms, in connection with whichtreatment it will be hereinafter fully described. Fromsuch descriptionits application to the, treatment of other yarns or fibrous strands inother machinery will be understood as will also` theapplication ofliquids or solutions-other than water.

The warpsin llooms ontheirway to the healds. 'have beforenow beentreated by being wiped withl a wet or moist wick or the like. lncarrying out my improvements the' warps are Vsimilarly wiped.

Withthe appliances previously in use or suggested the water has beencontained in a freewcondition in atrough, tube or the like which hasextended across the Vloom near to the warps. From such a trough, tube,or'the like the water was led to thewarps a wick or `the like. With suchan arrangement and` water supply heavy and cumbrous appliances wereused, a large quantity of water was in use` atfatime 4and wasliable tostink, and the water supply to the warps could noteasily lbe maintainedat a constant rate unless the supply was harmfully copious. Y Accordingto my invention there is no free water" or` bulk of water in thetube orequivalent which extends across the loom and is provided with `a wick orequivalent to wipe the rwarps. The water is contained in small bulk in atank which ison the side or frame-0f the loom. The tube or the likewhich extends` acrossthe loom1 contains fibrous or like material toanyrequired and suitable extent and communication between suchfibrousmaterial andthe water tank is made in such a way that the'material is only maintained in a damp condition, and there is no freewaterinfthe` tube. `'lhisdamp material communicates its moisture to thewick or external` fibrous covering of the tube which conveys themoisture to the warps. rIhe supply of liquid from the tank to thefibrous lling or the like contained in the tu'be can be very easilycontrolled, the amount communicated to the warps can be regulated asdesired, and thereis no danger of a too copious supplyv of waterreaching the warps.

Moisture imparted to the warps in the manner of this inventionstrengthens them where additional strength is required and theprojecting line fibers of the warps are smoothly laid down and back onthe warps to the great improvement of the weaving.

The accompanying drawings represent apparatus which can be convenientlyused in a loom according to this invention and will now` be described.

Figure l represents a back view of a loom with oneform of my. improvedappliances v thereon.

Fig. 2 shows the same parts in vertical cross section. i Y

Fig. 3 shows in greater detail and to a larger scale the dampingappliance of Figs. land 2.

Fig. 4 shows the appliances of Fig. 3 in Vertical cross section.

Fig. 5`shows in vertical section a drip feed device for supplying waterto the damping appliance. Such drip feed device is well-known inconnection with the supply of lubricants. In this figure the feed deviceisshown in its feeding or open position.

. Fig. 6 shows the drip7 feed device closed.

Fig. 7 is a viewpartly in vertical section of another form of liquidfeed device. y

Fig. 8 shows part of this last feed device in plan.

. Fig. 49 is a vertical cross. sectional view of another form anddisposition of appliance for damping the warps.

f Similar letters of reference are usedV to indicate similar partswherethey occur in rest D is secured in place in the loom frame.

` the loom frame.

With an appliance formed and mounted as described the tubular member Ffalls by its own'weight with its covering G upon the upper surface ofthe sheet of warps just below the back rest. See Fig. l. The interior ofthe tube F contains absorbent textile material in the form of looselyspun or stranded unsized cotton cords L longitudinally disposed. At oneend the tube F is attached to a length of indiarubber pipey M. Theindiarubber pipe leads to and is held in a closed water tank N suitablyfixed on The strands L pass through the indiarubber pipe and their endsdip into the water contained in the tank. The strands L suck up waterfrom the tank, become wet throughout their lengths from J end to end ofthe tube F, and through the the tube.

perforations in such tube transmit water to and thus also wet theiiannel or felt covering Gr. This in turn, when the apparatus is inaction, wets to the required extent the warps which pass under and incontact with it.

The degree or amount of moisture supplied to the covering G may bevaried by varying the number of ends of strands L which dip into thewater. By immersing the ends of all of them a maximum moisture supplyisinsured; by lifting and keeping any desired number of them out of theliquid the liquid supply can be reduced as desired.

Other water supplying devices than that just described may beemployedfor delivering moisture to the strands or other absorbenty substancecontained within the tube F. For example the indiarubber pipe M whichcommunicates with the interior of the tube F may be led upward to alhigher tank N which is furnished with the drip feed device O. See Figs.5 and 6. The drip device supplies water to the interior of the tube Mwhere it is brought into contact with the ends of the strands ofabsorbent material within the tube F, which strands serve to carry themoisture throughout the length of The construction of this dripf feeddevice is known; it is illustrated in the drawings, and needs no furtherdescription.

The capillary conduction or feed of water lalong the length of thedamping appliance by means of an absorbent lining, filling or packingcontained therein as indicated in our British provisional specification16873/13 is of great value in attaining uniformity of result in theloom, no matter what mode of liquid supply tothe lining, filling, or thelike may be adopted, and is still more of value when the capillary feedor conduction of liquid along the damping appliance is conjoined with acapillary means of supply from the water tank as shown in Fig. 3.

Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate a form of water supply device for use withabsorbent strands which dip into the water. P is a water tank,consisting of a closed vessel having a single outlet from which the pipeQ projects. R is a small tray placed below the lower end of the pipe Q.With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 7 and with the tank P fullof water, water will run out into the tray R until it reaches a leveltherein which closes the lower end of the pipe. Preferably the lower endof this pipe is not cut at right angles to its axis. See Fig. 7. Thetray R is of small capacity and there is thus very little water exposedto the atmosphere at any time and the danger of the water stinking orbecoming foul is very much reduced. R1 is a tray upon which any strandsL which are not to be in the water are laid. R2 is a clip to hold theend of the tube M.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 a shaft which carries oneof the arms J also has attached to it an arm S. This latter arm issuitably connected to the starting handle, the brake or to othersuitable part of the loom, so that as the loom is stopped the tube F andits covering are lifted out of contact with the warps, and are againlowered into contact therewith when the loom starts.

With the feed strands L shown in Figs. 3, 7 and 8 the supply must not becopious enough to cause drops to fall from the cover G, even when thedamping appliance is raised out of'contact with the warps. Theindiarubber tube M permits the damping appliance to have its requiredmovement to and from the warps. If desired, however, the tube M with itscontained strands may be removed from its water tank when the loom is tomake a prolonged stop.

A still further modification is shown in Figg9. Here the dampingappliance of the previous figures is not employed to directly applymoisture to the warps. It applies its moisture to a roller T in contactwith which the warps pass. This roller can be of glass or ofnon-corrodible metal, and may be rotated in the direction of the curvedarrow, that is in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of thewarps. Such a roller does not require to be moved out of contact withthe warps when the loom is stopped. y

For the purpose of getting the very best weaving effect in a loom a weaksolution of soft soap may be used.

The improved method of applying moisture to yarns dispenses with thenecessity of humidifying the atmosphere of the sheds and work rooms, andpermits varying degrees of moisture to be imparted to the yarns ofvarious machines in one room.

The improved appliances enable the oper ative to vary the extent ordegree of moisture or dampness imparted to the yarns as desired.

Instead of a single damping appliance as described, two or more may beused, as, for 5 example, on opposite sides of the warps.

e damping appliances hereinbefore described have only been supplied withliquid from one end, but if desired, and particularly for use with broadlooms, liquid may 10 be supplied from and to both ends of the dampingappliance.`

What I claim is Apparatus for damping warps in a weaving loom comprisinga hollow holder extend- 1t ing across the machine in proximity to theWarps, capillary absorbent material in said holder, a covering for saidholder of capillary absorbent material, perforations in the Copies ofthin patent may be obtained for five cents each, by

Witnesses.

JAMES TAYLR.

Hers, OCONNELL.

As witnesses:

WILLIAM GEO. JOHN addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, JD. G.

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